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Dissertations from 2011
Youth Employment and Unemployment in Developing Countries: Macro Challenges with Micro Perspectives, Berna Kahraman
In Students' Words: The Development of Student Attitudes toward Mathematics - A Social Perspective, Dianne Kathryn Kelly
An Exploratory Survey of the Enrollment Decisions of Parents and Guardians in Four Catholic Urban Elementary Schools, Sheila Lombard Kukstis
Heterogeneous Catalytic Processes for the Synthesis and Functionalization of N-Heterocycles and Fine Chemicals, Aditya M. Kulkarni
The Conservation and Habitat Ecology of Antillean Manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) in the Drowned Cayes Area of Belize, Central America, Katherine Spencer LaCommare
Trajectories of Psychological Distress among Low-Income, Female Survivors of Hurricane Katrina, Sarah Ryan Lowe
First-Generation College Students and the Four-Year College Environment: An Exploration of Supplementary and Complementary Fit, Nancy M. Ludwig
An Exploration of the Stories and Perspectives of Three Latino Mothers as They Make Meaning of Their Engagement with the Dedham Public Elementary Schools, Jo-Anne Coffey McCormick
It's not so Simple: Understanding Participant Involvement in the Design, Implementation, and Improvement of Cash & Counseling Programs, Erin E. McGaffigan
The Individual and Shared Meanings Students Make of their Diverse Interactions with African American Faculty: A Phenomenological Study, Kathleen Marie Neville
The Ecology of Cognitive Training and Aging, Anya Potter
Legal Experiences of Women Survivors of Domestic Violence: A Need for Policies that Address the Justice Gap, Kimberly Ann Puhala
Precisely Serializable Snapshot Isolation, Stephen Anthony Revilak
Expanding a Model of Female Heterosexual Coercion: Are Sexually Coercive Women Hyperfeminine?, Elizabeth Anne Schatzel-Murphy
Inverse Operations: A Grade 8 Urban Mathematics Teacher's Response to the Achievement Gap, Kelly Ann Silva
The Role of Home Environments in Residential Adjustment Decision Making in Later Life, Kimberly Joy Stoeckel
Developing an Anti-Racist Stance: How White Youth Understand Structural Racism, Catharine R. Thomann
The Value of Getting Out: The Impact of School Leaders' International Experiences, Shelley Tinkham
Signaling Functions of Beta-Arrestin Kurtz in Drosophila Development, Marla Tipping
Analysis of Retirement Risk within Massachusetts State Agencies and Use of Post-Retirement Contracting as a Workforce Planning Tool, Andrea T. Tull
Molecular Responses of Arabidopsis thaliana to Phenanthrene, David Weisman
Functioning in the Face of Racism and its Uncertainties: The Potential Buffering Role of Values Clarification and Values Consistency in a Black American Sample, Lindsey Michelle West
Non-Covalent Manipulations of Cyclic Pi Systems for Green Chemistry Transformations, Justin Robert Whitfield
Dissertations from 2010
The Rhode Island Medical Marijuana Program: An Exploratory Study, Charles R. Alexandre
Employee Perspectives of Library and Information Technology Mergers: The Recursiveness of Structure, Culture, and Agency, Sara Bronner Baron
Understanding Revictimization: The Impact of Emotion Suppression, Acceptance, and PTSD Symptomatology on Risk Detection Abilities in Sexual Assault Survivors, Heidi M. Barrett-Model
Space and Power in the Ivory Tower: Decision Making in Public Higher Education, Sandra McCoskrie Blanchette
The Effects of Childbearing Patterns on the Timing of Retirement, Hsiao-Yin Chung
Adopted Korean Women: Influences of Becoming a Biological Mother on Racial & Ethnic Identities and Cultural Orientations, Stephanie Carole Day
Psychosis-Proneness, Mindfulness, and Positive Emotional Experience: Examining Correlational and Causal Relationships, Shannon Marie Erisman
Unattainable Beauty: An Analysis of the Role of Body Shame and Self-Objectification in Hopelessness Depression among College-Age Women, Meredith A. Evans
Transport and Transformation of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) From Land to Ocean, Wei Huang
Physical and Electrochemical Investigation of Hydrogen Storage in Aluminum Hydride Nanofibers and High Surface Area Carbon Materials, Janak P. Kafle
Neuropsychological and Personality Predictors of Competence to Stand Trial: A Social Cognitive Perspective, Kristy L. Klein
The Distribution and Comparative Biogeochemistry of Silver with Other Selected Trace Metals in Coastal Waters near Massachusetts, USA, Christian F. Krahforst
Coping with Acquired Brain Injury through an Asian American Lens: Interrelationships between Collectivistic Coping and Psychosocial Outcomes, Patricia Happy Lee
A Critical Consideration of Co-Teachers' Interpretation of 21st Century Skills/Global Education, Maura Marlaine Morse
Couples' Joint Activity and Perceived Relationship Quality: Exploring the Comparative Effects of Joint Community Service vs. Play, Michael J. D. Rollock
Impact of Social Environmental Factors on Re-Hospitalization of Home Healthcare Elderly Patients, Hong Tao
Dissertations from 2009
Bridging worlds: Advocacy stigma and the challenge of teaching writing to secondary ELL students, Laurie Zucker-Conde
Dissertations from 2008
Collaboration to Institutionalize Service-Learning in Higher Education Organizations: The Relationship Between the Structures of Academic and Student Affairs, Joanne A. Dreher
Dissertations from 2004
Institutionalization of Women's Studies Programs: The Relationship of Program Structure to Long-Term Viability, Ann Froines
Dissertations from 2000
Alternative Medicine and Mental Health: A Clinical Trial of Homeopathic Treatment for Depression, Fabiana G. Wallis
Dissertations from 1999
Shame, Anger, and Perpetration Outcomes in Male Survivors of Childhood Abuse, Adam C. Conklin
Dissertations from 1998
Nursing Home Ownership and Public Policy: An Historical Analysis, K. R. Kaffenberger
Dissertations from 1995
Perceptions of Emotional Autonomy, Teenage Pregnancy, and Mother-Daughter Relationships among African American Mothers and Daughters, Michelle Deaneen Owens
Dissertations from 1988
Isolation, Purification, and Characterization of Microbodies from Hydrocarbon-Grown Cells of Cladosporium resinae, David B. Carson